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This set of templates provides you with four unique options for updating your robust vocabulary instruction with creative Frayer Model templates. Each template engages learners in defining the target word, thinking about examples and non-examples, and illustrating or using the word in a sentence. These resources can be utilized across content areas and grade levels.

These quirky comic templates allow your students to express their thinking creatively across a number of content areas. Applications include, but are not limited to, responding to current events, writing fiction, defining vocabulary words, or describing scientific concepts. The possibilities really are endless. They are also the perfect addition to any classroom incorporating UDL, as they build in a new option for learners to show their understanding in alternative ways. Included are three page

A quick and easy card to laminate and put into use immediately! Are your young writers struggling to edit their work for conventions? Do they forget capital letters at the start of sentences or use inconsistent spacing between words? If you find yourself giving multiple reminders to, "Check your work," this simple tool was created for your classroom. Simply print out enough cards for your entire class and model how to use it. Before you know it, your students will begin to take ownership for tru

This is a one sided list of all the Kindergarten CCSS for MATH, divided by domain. I use this page for my own quick reference (I keep it laminated on my desk) and for sharing with parents. I hope you find it useful.

Writing often and across curricula is extremely important. This graphic organizer can be seamlessly implemented across curriculum areas. It allows space for the emergent or beginning writer to draw their thoughts first and then, write a word, sentence, or equation to express their ideas. I use this in math class for story problems, ELA for everything from sight words in context to creative writing, and in science/social studies for students to show observations of experiments and explain newly a

This is a single page document that can be used in a variety of ways to support letter recognition in the early childhood classroom. Each letter of the alphabet appears on the page in both upper and lowercase form. The bubble design of the letters allows for students to highlight, trace, or color inside the letters to learn the shape of each. Another use is to laminate the page and allow students to use dry erase, wet erase, or wikki sticks to form the letters. Teachers could also use this page

This is a template for a dynamic, effective resume. The fields are prepared for you to enter your personalized information. The resume is generalized enough that you can adapt it to suit the position you are applying for. The aspect of this resume that sets it apart is the column on the left for quotations that highlight your strengths. Every administrator I have interviewed with, using this resume, has commented on how unique this feature it is. You are able to pull quotations from evaluation

Use this convenient note template to stay in touch with all of your students' grown-ups. This form allows you to share important information about a student's behavior or academic progress. It allows for communication that encourages teamwork through positivity. At the top of the page is a quote about working together. There are sections for you to share your comments, grown-ups to write back their thoughts, grown-ups to raise new concerns or ask a question, both parties to sign, and finally, a

I don't know about you, but I am always searching for another way to make writing a more simple and understandable topic for my students. This graphic organizer was designed to be used when guiding students in writing a thorough paragraph. The organizer has fields that engage students in writing a dynamic opening sentence, three "big idea" sentences, a personal reaction sentence, and a closing statement. The document is in .pdf format, to be compatible with all downloads. If you experience any d

Organize the ELA Common Core Standards! I created this progress tracker so that I could keep track of the Kindergarten ELA common core standards, and record individual student progress towards mastery of the common core standards. The checklist includes all of the Kindergarten Common Core Standards for ELA. I have organized the checklist by strand, including the following: Reading: Literature Reading: Informational Text Reading: Foundational Skills Writing Speaking and Listening Language The s

This is the free .pdf companion file to my full price .doc product titled, Decompose Numbers into Place Value Parts. Thanks! :) Erin Madonna This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

This set of organizers allows teachers to practice decomposing numbers into place value parts with their students. The organizers are endlessly customizable, and can be used for daily practice. The first page engages the students in breaking apart two-digit numbers into tens and ones. The second page requires them to break apart three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones. The third page asks students to decompose four-digit numbers into thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. Simply type a n

This worksheet is a template that allows teachers to fill in select numbers on small portions of fifty, hundred, or two-hundreds charts. Students use what they have learned about adding or subtracting 1 and 10 to move around on the chart, with the objective of filling in the missing numbers. It requires students to use the relative size of numbers and place value understandings to solve each puzzle. This is a tool to learn how to use essential charts, as well as, assess students' understanding o

Organize the Common Core Standards! I created this checklist so that I could keep track of the second grade common core standards I have covered in my lessons. In my classroom, I have also used it to record an individual student's progress towards mastery of the common core standards. The checklist includes all of the second grade common core standards for ELA and Mathematics. I have organized the checklist by strand, including the following: Reading: Literature Reading: Informational Text Read

Organize the Common Core Standards! I created this checklist so that I could keep track of the second grade common core standards I have covered in my lessons. In my classroom, I have also used it to record an individual student's progress towards mastery of the common core standards. The checklist includes all of the second grade common core standards for ELA and Mathematics. I have organized the checklist by strand, including the following: Reading: Literature Reading: Informational Text Read